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Standard 9

Teachers are able to evaluate themselves.
 * ** The teacher is a reflective practitioner who continually evaluates the effects of his or her choices and actions on pupils, parents, professionals in the learning community and others and who actively seeks out opportunities to grow professionally. **

Reflection piece on Flipping the Classroom
 * Evidence 1: **

Within the 2012-2013 school year, I set a professional goal to implement more technology within my instruction, especially in the area of science. One of my sub goals was to try flipping lessons with my 5th grade science class. I used professional resources to gain knowledge in the area of flipping as well as reflections and feedback from others who have experience with lesson flipping. The first lesson I flipped was for my 5th grade science class on the topic of photosynesis. Since this was the first flipped lesson my students and parents would experience, I also needed to educate my peers, parents, and students prior to the lesson. The students viewed a Rythem, Ryheme and Results educational rap video on photosynthesis independently. Students were required to define a new term used in the video, ask a thought provoking question to share during class discussion and one thing they took away from the video. Once class reconviened, we discussed the video and questions. Then, students had to illustrate and label the photosynthesis process from the new knowledge they gained. From this new experience, there was a lot of learning to do on everyones part. I needed to grow professionally in the area of lesson flipping, then reflect on my experience of actually flipping the lesson in the classroom. I also needed to reflect on my students response to the flipped lesson and their feedback from the experience. Parents were also willing to provide feedback on their experience of flipping lessons within the classroom. I realized in order to be fully successful with lesson flipping, I would need to reflect on the entire process. I typed a general reflection, however after more experience with lesson flipping I began learning from my strong points and improving in areas that were lacking. Without the reflection process, I feel my professional goal would not have benefited myself as an educator or my students as much as it did. Learning from experience is huge and has really impacted the way I teach and the way my students learn.
 * Rationale 1: **


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 * 9.K.3 The teacher is aware of major areas of research on teaching and other resources for professional learning (e.g. professional literature, colleagues, professional associations, professional development activities).**
 * To begin flipping a lesson within my classroom, I needed to educate myself professionally in the area of classroom/lesson flipping. I educated myself using Sophia.com readings and tutorials for flipping lessons. I also acquired information found on technology blogs, magazines and various websites. These resources inspired me to make lesson flipping a professional goal for this school year as well as introducing such lessons to my students and to serve as an example for my peers.


 * 9.S.4 The teacher draws upon professional colleagues within the school and other professional areas as supports for reflection, problem-solving and new ideas, actively sharing experiences and seeking and giving feedback.**
 * I was the first teacher at our elementary school to flip a lesson, so my peers and school administrator observed this lesson and contributed to my reflection process. After the lesson, I had my 5th grade science students provide feedback on their experience with the flipped lesson. Many students enjoyed the lesson and liked the change of instruction, course work and assessment process involved. I also reflected on the lesson and the many ways to improve my flipped lesson as well as ways to problem solve. My peers and administrator had many positive insights on the preparation and presentation of the lesson as well as the outcome. They also offered many ideas to improve the lesson and different ways to implement flipping lessons in the future. Many teachers tried flipping lessons in their classroom as a result of my experimentation.


 * 9.D.2 The teacher is committed to reflection, assessment, and learning as an ongoing process.**
 * Taking on flipping a lesson was an excellent learning experience and has truly helped me recreate many of my lessons to incorporate the newest learning trends to best provide for my students and their changing needs. Reflection has been a big part of this process, looking back and seeing what went well, what can be improved, what may need to be recreated or removed from the lesson and the students’ response to the lesson overall. Learning from my successes and failures have really helped to develop a better understanding of lesson flipping as well as my style of instruction. As an educator, I truly feel I need to be a life-long learner so I can always provide my students with the best education possible.